Editing Sean Lock (section)

===''15 Minutes of Misery'' and ''15 Storeys High''===
Lock made regular appearances on various radio panel shows and script-edited for Bill Bailey's 1998 BBC2 series, ''[[Is It Bill Bailey?]]''.<ref name="EdNews"/> In December 1998, he launched his own show on [[BBC Radio 4]], ''15 Minutes of Misery'', originally as a five-episode pilot.<ref name="BCG"/><ref name="15 Storeys Tele"/> These shows also featured actors [[Kevin Eldon]] and [[Hattie Hayridge]].<ref name="misery"/> The premise involved Lock eavesdropping on his neighbours in his south London tower block (all played by Lock, Eldon and Hayridge) using a bugging device fitted by his plumber, "Hot Bob" (Eldon), which was known as "The Bugger King" (and had "nothing to do with meat or sex").<ref name="misery"/> ''15 Minutes of Misery'' lasted for one series of six programmes in late 1998 and early 1999.<ref name="misery">{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/15_minutes_of_misery/ |title=Sean Lock's 15 Minutes Of Misery |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=18 August 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818124234/https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/15_minutes_of_misery/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1999, ''15 Minutes of Misery'' was expanded into the half-hour series ''[[15 Storeys High]]'', co-written by Lock and [[Martin Trenaman]].<ref name="BCG"/><ref name="15 Storeys Tele"/> From ostensibly the same tower block, Lock's character was now given a flatmate (the hapless Errol) and a job at the local swimming baths, as well as a somewhat dour and intolerant demeanour. The bugging device was no longer used, but the antics of Lock's neighbours still featured heavily in the show. The plots for this series were more linear in a "traditional" sitcom style, although they still showed Lock's brand of dark, [[surreal humour]]. ''15 Storeys High'' would transfer to television after two radio series, with Lock's character renamed 'Vince', for a further two series in 2002 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/15_storeys_high/ |title=Sean Lock: 15 Storeys High |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=18 August 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818120907/https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/15_storeys_high/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Initially aired on [[BBC Choice]], it follows a cynical Vince and his naive flatmate Errol ([[Benedict Wong]]).<ref name="15 Storeys Tele"/> It attracted a cult following after its release as a VHS box set and on DVD.<ref name="15 Storeys Tele"/>